CLASS Event Calendar

November 6: Asian American Hip Hop Culture lecture by Oliver S. Wang
Oliver S. Wang maintains the research repository, “Unlimited Creations: Mobile Sounds, Sights and Sites,” which documents the history of Filipino American mobile DJ crews in the San Francisco Bay Area. He got his Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and is an assistant professor of sociology at California State University – Long Beach. Dr. Wang’s talk at UH is sponsored by the Department of History as part of the El Paso Lecture Series and is free and open to the public. His lecture begins at 5 p.m. in Room 108 of the Moores School of Music Building. The closest parking is via Entrance 16 on Cullen or the Stadium Garage on Holman.

Nov. 16: Center for Mexican American Studies Scholarship Banquet with keynote speaker Eva Longoria
Actress, activist and philanthropist Eva Longoria completed her master’s degree in Chicana/Chicano Studies from California State University, Northridge earlier this year. The banquet will be from 7 – 9 p.m. at the UH Hilton Hotel. To purchase tables or individual tickets, contact Holly Laurenzana at 713-743-3139 or hlauren@central.uh.edu.

Nov. 15: Moores School of Music Jazz Orchestra featuring Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard is a Blue Note recording artist and a world renowned trumpeter, composer and band leader. The concert event will be held at the Moores Opera House and starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 for students and $12 general public. Call 713-743-3009 for more information.

Nov. 15 – 16: World premiere of Brick Wall by Vic Shuttee and directed by Robert Shimko
Written by Vic Shuttee, a junior in the Bachelor of Fine Arts playwriting program, Brick Wall revolves around the lives of three stand-up comedians in various stages of their careers. There will be 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday and 7 p.m. performances on Friday and Saturday. All performances in the Quintero Theatre in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts building, Entrance 16 or 18.

November 18: Barbara Karkabi Living Archives Series: Women in Theater: A panel discussion.
Writer and Editor Nancy Wozny will moderate a panel discussion between Houston–area theatre professionals Tamarie Cooper, Eileen Morris, and Rebecca Udden. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. in the Rockwell Pavilion of the M.D. Anderson Library is free to students and members of the Friends of Women’s Studies and $10 for general public admission. RSVP to wgss@uh.edu.

November 20: How Things Really Work in Policy and Politics
A discussion about Texas state politics past and present with former lieutenant governor Bill Hobby and his chief of staff Saralee Tiede, as well as State Representative Garnet Coleman, former Governor Mark White, former state Senator and County Judge Jon Lindsay & former State Senator Don Adams. Hosted by the Hobby Center for Public Policy, the conversation will be from 5 – 6:30 p.m. in the UH Athletics & Alumni Center. RSVP: cpp@uh.edu or 713-743-3970.

Nov. 21 – 23: Napoleon and the Battle of Nations Symposium and Concert
The symposium commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Nations, the first decisive defeat of Napoleon and the French Army and a critical turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. The concert recreates historical performances of that era. Mercury – The Orchestra Redefined will perform on historically accurate period instruments with the Moores School of Music Concert Chorale. The symposium and concert preview are free. Concert tickets range from $25 ‐ $65. To purchase, call the Mercury box office at 713‐533‐0080, or buy online at mercuryhouston.org.

CLASS Students in the Media

Research conducted by CLASS undergraduate students Christopher Rivera and Megan Truax is featured in the article, UH students help ‘un-edit’ the Iliad in the Houston Chronicle. The article details their role in The Homer Multitext, a project co-edited by Casey Dué Hackney, Director of CLASS’s Classical Studies program.

Moores School of Music senior Princeton Miles is featured in The Daily Cougar’s New artist spotlight: Princeton Miles. The business and music student recently released his first EP, “Hear Me.”

James Lee and Guillermo Lopez, Student Government Association Senators representing CLASS, recently introduced two separate bills aimed at reforming campus election protocol and SGA members’ dress codes. The bills were in response to election controversy during the February elections. Their efforts are detailed in The Daily Cougar article, Election controversies lead to reform.

According to BroadwayWorld.com, CLASS student Russell Haehl recently performed a brief Musiqa-commissioned composition by Adam Beard, a student composer from Moores School of Music. The event, detailed in Musiqa to Bring Brass Concerts to Market Square, Beg. 10/25, launches a 6-month process in which each month another student composer will be added to the program with a new brass premiere. Each time the number of instruments will increase until the final performance in March will be approximately 45 minutes long and include a total of 6 new compositions and 6 performers.

KUHF's Houston Matters program featured assistant professor of political science Justin Kirkland and Christine LeVeaux Haley on a recent radio broadcast about how lawmakers serve their constituents in Texas. The discussion examined which type of legislator serves Texans better: a lawmaker who stands his ground, regardless of the consequences, or one who compromises in the face of them, giving up ground in the interest of stability.

James Conyers, director of African American Studies, participated in an event where he discussed a book he edited titled “Charles H. Houston: An Interdisciplinary Study of Civil Rights Leadership” according to the article Gregory School schedules book review and signing for Oct. 26 in the Houston Chronicle.

Timothy Hester, Associate Professor of Piano and Director of Keyboard Collaborative Arts at the Moores School of Music, was listed in the Houston Chronicle’s Weekend Must List for his performance on a fortepiano, an ancestor of the modern day piano.

CLASS department of Economics lecturer Ed Hirs made comments about the oil and gas industry in several media outlets:

Lois Zamora, Chair of the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, is credited in Indo American News for her role in arranging for a member of the Indian Parliament to visit Houston. The article, Distinguished Member of Parliament and Lawyer Ram Jethmalani Visits Houston, also mentions Anjali Kanojia, Assistant Director of India Studies, and Kim Howard, Director of Development.

The Daily Cougar ran a feature article about Professor of Hispanic Studies Nicolas Kanellos titled, UH professor awarded for recovered literature. Kanellos is the director of Arte Publico Press and received the honor for his work to make American Latinos’ literature available to the world.

CCTV ran a story about Chinese researchers who were banned from attending an upcoming planetary conference due to national security concerns. Jack J. Valenti School of Communication professor Lan Ni offered comments about the public relations ramifications of that decision in the story, NASA’s Chinese boffin ban sparks boycott.

Robert Zaretsky, Professor of French History, authored an article titled, Albert Camus on Algeria, for the Times Literary Supplement.

According to The Daily Cougar, The Honors College is introducing a new minor, Energy and Sustainability, which will include courses in political science, English, and history. History professor Joseph Pratt was quoted in the article, Minor energizes students of all disciplines.

“Women and Judaism” was the topic of event co-sponsored by Rice University and UH. In Woman driven to boost access to Jewish adult education, Debbie Harwell, Managing Editor of Houston History, discusses the interfaith, interracial teams of Northern middle- and upper-class women who traveled to Mississippi during the civil rights movement. The article appeared in The Houston Chronicle.

Case Keenum, an alumnus of the Department of Health and Human Performance and third-string quarterback for the Houston Texans, made his first career start as a quarterback in the National Football League in the Texans’ sixth game of the year. He completed 15 of 25 passes for 271 yards and a touchdown – and ended the Texans’ five-game-long “pick six” streak by not throwing an interception converted into a touchdown. The Texans lost the game to the Kansas City Chiefs 17 -16.